SE Texas Food Bank launching virtual food drive

The Enterprise

Published 9:29 am, Tuesday, July 21, 2015

The Southeast Texas Food Bank is calling on the community this Friday to join in its first annual virtual food drive known as Food Bank Friday.

The goal of the drive is to generate sufficient donations via the Food Bank's website (www.setxfoodbank.org) to provide at least 100,000 meals to hungry Southeast Texans, according to a Monday news release.

The Food Bank's annual distribution of food in eight counties provides the equivalent of about 3.3 million meals, the release said.

Executive Director Dan Maher said that thanks to leveraged resources the Food Bank is able to achieve through volunteerism and donated food, a contributed dollar can translate into more than 3 meals per dollar.

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